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I got a few messages about Instant Buzz these past few days. I took a quick look at the site and decided not to join, the main reason being that I don’t quite trust the marketer who sent me the email.

But I decided to take the plunge today and try it out because someone else that I trust recommended it to me. That’s usually how I buy stuff related to internet marketing as well. It depends a lot on recommendations from trusted sources.

Anyway, what is InstantBuzz? In short, it’s a downloadable viral ad toolbar that will work only in Internet Explorer. So for those who, like me, prefer to use FireFox or some other “safer” web browser, it’s not going to work. But from time to time, I do use IE as well. So I’m going to see if this thing does what it says and brings me more traffic.

The creator of InstantBuzz is Mike Chen. He also created “Make Your Own Software” which was heavily promoted last month but I didn’t buy that product. Again, I felt like there was so much hype there.

But since this one’s free, I’ve decided to give it a try. If I don’t like it, then I’ll uninstall it in a few days and it’ll be off my desktop - Poof!

When you install the toolbar, they will try to get you to buy “Make Your Own Software” with a special one-time offer. You can just skip that step and go on without purchasing. I have a feeling that one of the main purposes of creating InstantBuzz is to promote the other software.

OK - here’s how Instant Buzz works. You set up your ad that you want to have appear in the toolbar. Your ad will be shown based on how many times you surf webpages, i.e. how many times other peoples’ ads are shown on your browser toolbar. The viral part comes from people who sign up under you. The more people you have in your downline, the more ad credits you earn everytime they surf.

This is the classic MLM, multi-tier recruiting structure. It only works well usually for those who get in first.

Well, the promotion ends today… so if you want to try it out, click here. Otherwise, you’ll need an invitation from a member to join.

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